New-York tribune., 1887-05-15
READY FOR A MOB.
THE PLACE WHERE CRIMINALS
TREMBLE.
HOW NEw.YoRK CAN CRUSH A RIOT
SCENES AT POLICE HEADoUAETERs-THE COWARD


SCENES AT POLICE HEADQUARTERs-THE COWARD
JAEHNE.
II would see as IL the men whose choice had deter
mined the site upon which to place the building "here
police authority in NewYork centres hau ac'eu WIN
,ncular good sense Certainly other spot looks more
g. d 90 hlnecoated protection Within the radius OF
bo1f n mile Is collected as much human badness, want
drunkenness and sorrow could readily DC cr'ihIneu
into that space The incentives to the sort OF eon0
that calls for police intervention are more pleh'eo"
there than anywhere else in New YORK. though theS o
% No cors wanting where wealth glitters and rags give
nace 70 purple and fine linen. Within stone tro"
polco Heodouarters are half hundred resorts Tor the
torcbs and crooks Of New-York. They would really
aunear pnrposey have clustered about the spot "ro
their business should be most dangerous 10 pursue
Harry Hills den, itself headquarters Tor mauers anu
prizefghters and unhappy women presents an c'o"
more mposng front than the building that Yphes NOV"
Works peace and security All around IN proinloh ao
.oso boeds Of deviltry. the cOncerthalls wherein
fiddle cast off piano, heavendefyng mute anu
harm that might I've the vertable instrument aegeo W
hang soullcss on Tara's deserted walls scratch anu
tbump and blow and twang intoerabe discorus Ior inc
criminal education Of gangs Of young scaInps an"
,vrctchcd eirs who dance and drink anf gample ihe
ri+ away Mott ST the paradise of the Chinese JUNK
dealer and opium vender the favored rendezvous OF
nickers bootbacks bcggars and laZzaroh' cheolS "'
neghborhood with its freighted atmosphere 'eli',
al, mills sidewalk restaurants pawnshops crowded
teno rearing their loiil anu AZ w" 'i'0
into the air: dirty streets and aleyways "heIc oio"
of oauntlool,uc women ragged babies halt dresser
bovs and girls barefootcd and forlorn are s"rins III
and out through anl beyond; the diapidatcu corner
groceries with their exhibits Of hnahhg "oou' s''iy
eggs and halfdricl tomatoes; the dime museums WIN
their horrible and annoyingly Interesting Po'"'' W
runkIess freaks GIANTS dwarfs. skeletons ana saVage'
tho aveccnt theatres where amid atmosphere capabe
of being readily butered, Daredevil DICKS anu De""'
Demons shoot and cut and shed oceans OF gore before
curded audience Of homeless boys ana giiS' .no wv "
white Grape much soiled and haycl tasteheu "E''",
an allev door telling its story OF neglect anu want ann
death-thcse and a thousand other aecompahineh's oi
/ poverty and crime are 'he hA4Nc"'''o SUI
Police Headquarters ,,
The comedies and tragedies that ore enacted uy ny uS
in that great building might furnish the plot Tor many
n strange tale Tn Superintendent Murray room Gous
woman is telling bitter story OF de'eruoh' bro"s",
from country home into great New-fork surrouhneu
for bref fortnight with luxury and comfort and then
ohondoncd The officer listens triilc YEARLY lie mas
bcarl the story often lie Is very sorry he says he
wishes he could do something but really the only thhs
he can suggest is tLat she 20 back 20 her people she
will do that
What. 90 back homei Oh she couldn't do mat she
could never bear the AID contempt oil toso VINO
had been friends.
Well that Is all he advise, and away she goes Inc
suprpteudent slru. hs shoulders and shakes MS he
~ h T. Too bns IN think about where shc Is going or
what will become cf hor II be hai 10 trohpe hiHS'n
about all the riscrahlcs he never could run tie police
ON the other side Of The hall Inspector steers i 'ahy
endeavorine to convince Mrs.Tcldy McGuh thA' u y
not within his power 10 get Teddy Mednh' Jr' ONT o
mo rou,bs Mrs McGunn explains that Teddy Is good
h.c xbin Thin spapecns the O'roole lave him alone
Teddy hasn't bad heart a, at all rs all the ian''
nv the o'Tooles As fer the OTooles tie BLESSED Narsn
hcrsf couldn't save The louSo av thin They got Ieiuy
ipt the shcrape and thlu oikc the tha'm cahniha''
they be- they left him ter gt ouien II the oest way '
could II wasn't Teddy that cracked me sA''' "' o"'
go ,.,i,st tbe A,or I,t ter cll ort n ne saw
ycs YES tho Inspector understood all about IT, but the
/ court had the case in hand and
! But Mrs McGudln's prayers and tears stream Hs"'
! on until the Inspectors head swims